... CHE1APER POSTAGE, (From the Timesi Mr Graves deserves the thanks of the public for his able speech in favour of cheap postage. We have no hesitation in eaying that he made out his ease completely, and that the effect of it on the House of Ce mmous acc the country will be such that the re- form he advocates cannot be long delayed, None but the most impenetrable of officials will be disposed to ...

... AN ENGLISHWOMAN'S SCHOOL in EcGYPT. During their stay in Cairo, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the schools which Miss Whately, the daughter of the late Archbishop of Dublin, has established in that city. The correspondent of a London paper, in describing these institutions, says: -A more difficult, or, judging from present ap- pearances, a more successful and promising under. taking ...

... ORANGE MEFTING kAT EXETER HALL .. ?? - I .I . . . On Wednesday evening there was held in Ereter Hall a meeting described in the advertisements as A great meeting of Orangemen and other Protes- tents loyal to Church, Throne, and Conetitotion, in defence of our national Protestant institutions, and in opposition to tbe proposed epoliation of the Irish Church and aggrandioement of Maynooth out ...

... ESTABLISHED SYNOD OF GLASGOW AN) AYRE. The half .yoarly meeting of the ?? Synod of Glasgow and Ayr was held yesterday in Glasgow. 0 The members of Synod first met in the Tron Church. a when Mr William Kerr, of Stair, the retiring Mode rater, delivered an excellent discourse. Thereafter an adjournment took place to the Preebytery House. when the Synod was duly coustituted. Mr V. M. Y WVatt, of ...

... ioVAN FA~tOCHIALJ B°OARD. I -. f+vrnoonl, a special ,Inee..ti . r oVAN special meeting of tte nday fternfofl, : a en the Boilrda c -sLterdn tJ 1clar wasg:T p0 Aieli ?? eacd,~ cecoidber the qtjon beforo the rctig °3'ftin; e ?? X otorivis d ltilreotpalctd of 3th i Ole. l ut 1!bY ?? j e o'ver tn gran that .opCai3V aeh fol~ tr tho] I]IID criltlhecof the ~ ina r~c~i Crufnc, SP.- loble b tdied ...

... p NJSLEY. ?? ?? biewart as ehaplain 0oli te n *s lhtiULD l'RESBYTZRYV. rrt serr cet yetatrday-the Lev, M1r *r:,M iitl~p e a~ed acaim uflt -atio' itt'i'F Itlt-1tsebytery)f Abernathy, wit's tt ,..pi inlticent, by the } arl of Soafield, .~.Net lod .\I 'Allister, of the Gaelic Church, ' ?? and soenseor to the Ens' -. W, ;. slsi shhi ?? 'van t., iad' ts h;ey htid 'ixed the 2;tb lasisset for ,.ro ...

... VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO A LONDON HOSPITAL, On Tuesday afternoon, as already stated in our columns, her Majeoty the Queen visited St. Bartho. lotrew'e Hospital. The Royal party occupied three of the Queen's private carriages, and arrived at the hospital gates at about half-past four. The Queen entered the Colston ward first, and at once expreesed a desire to be shown all the porsons who had been ...

... GR EENOCK. ITOWN COVNCIL-A meeting of this Council wd1 lbdid ?? Morton presiding. The 1'rovost and Magistrates were appointed members of the Prison Board. It was agreed to expreas approval generally of the Education Bill, with the exception of the clause which excludes other than royal burghs from sending represrntatives to the Con. vention. A committee was appointed to endeavour to purchase ...

... The half-yearly meeting of this Synod was held yesterday. The retiring Moderator, Mr A, E. Find' lay, having preached in Tron Church from Proverbs xxii. 12, the Synod was constituted in the Presby. tery House, when Mtr M'Coll was elected Moderator for the ensuing half-year. TRl1UTE TO A DECEASED STUDENT. Mr WILSON (Mdaryhill), in referring to the certifi- cates in favour of students applying ...

... I UNSET !'ELTING fl 5'EAA LOS Ot; iKEOONPRETON ISH, (Fran oar on Cosreaupodeot I Preston, Monday Night. A vas4e meeting of weavers has been held this titernoon on the Preht.,n Marsh. The conduct of the muateiB seas voudemned as tyransoical, and the determination was again strongly expressed of hold- ;, g out to the Inat rather than give way. Sheffield, Diottinghan, and other large towns had, ...

... -OMiTfiNTION OF RO)YAL rlf~c,2 I'he Conventioln of Eovnt Tts.ls The Convention of Boyal1 Bnirshi reo.rit., eit tinge yeeterday foreno~on, in the iliob (2 ; j^ hiciaory. Lord Provoet Pol ar of Perth, ic absee ice of Lord Pruvoat C hamsbers E,ia preeid, ci dnu raooos AL FOB APPOINTMENTt ?? OO,p, ,.9 sr~rp ~t t MBz Couinoefuhsio'ner for Ittlia proposed the adoption uf the folloivi no ti *That ...

... GDsEENOCK. ESTABLISHIED 1'IsEsDYlTEII-The uslual meeting was beld yetstrday - Mr ML'Fhereon, Modera- tor. M~r Blyce submitted a repo)rt on sehoals within the hounds. The nunuber of schools is 30, with 377 teachers. 3352 echolrers, with an average attensdance of 2ii3o. Besides, there are several bible cia~sees, with 412 male and female echolars. £22 ifs 3d had beeu eubseribed on behalf of mlis- ...